Operation: Celebration! is at a start.
the drive up was...well it sucked to say the least.

first, it rained almost the entire way here. from the Maryland boarder line all through to the Indiana boarder. plus there was plenty of sleet and snow in the mountains. which made traffic slow to a creep, which wasted time. at one point there was fog and high winds and snow with almost a semi trucks length of visibility! crazy.

as if that wasnt frustrating, there was an accident just after the mountain range which had us detour almost an hour out of the way.

and as if THAT wasnt bad, after all the rain and slick and slow traffic, i hit all the road construction two staes could ever have. good old IN and IL. so from a 7:30am (central) friday departure, i arrive at home dang near 1:00 am, saturday.

yes, it sucked.